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March 31, 2008

Margaret Hubert's List of 10 Things probably no one else has done

A while back I was reading one of my friend's blogs and she had written a list of 10 Things probably no one else has done. And another friend had done so in response. So I decided to do it and then two people posted their lists on my blog. So we here at Craftside thought you would be interested in reading lists of the 10 things our authors have done that probably no one else has done.

1. I once taught two hundred
woman, gathered for a Hadassah meeting how to do my cast on in knitting,chaotic
comes to mind.

2. I crocheted 7 horse masks for a friend who has show horses, challenging to say the least.

3. I once wrote an e-mail to a young man who covered his car in yarn.
I did it on a whim, and I was curious. Tim lives in Texas, but I did not
know that he was spending the summer in NY. He wrote back and asked "wouldn't
it be fun if our two art forms met" I was apprehensive at first, but arranged
to meet him. I had a friend come along, and we had so much fun driving around
in the car. Tim and I have remained in contact, and on my last trip to Texas,
he brought his car to my workshop.

4. I crocheted 16 "Red Hats" to perch on Lamp posts at a Florida Condo

5. At my first Knit/Crochet conference, I was offered a Long Island
Iced Tea. To this non-drinker, I was soon offering to dance "Lovely Hula
Hands" on the table. They still talk about it. I have since learned just
what Long Island Iced Tea is.

6. I attended a wonderful Fiber Event in Australia, on my first night
there, I got lost in maze of hedge rows, could not find my way back to my
cottage. I was rescued by a fellow attendee, who admonished me for attending
the event without my torch (flashlight to us).

7. At the same event, I showed up at the Fancy Dress ball in my finest
evening clothes, only to find out in Australia, "Fancy Dress" means masquerade!

8. Once when I was getting ready to leave on a trip, my grandson handed
me his Teddy Bear to take along, so I would not be lonely. I carried that
bear all over the place and had people everywhere take my picture holding
him.

9. While lying in a hospital bed, in pain, in the emergency room, a young
woman doctor came in to examine me, she asked me to verify my birth date, asked
me again, then asked if I was sure. She said that she could not believe
it because I had lovely skin. Two minutes later, she returned with two nurses,
and they all started asking me what creams I used etc, etc. My son, who
had taken me to the hospital, was amazed and could not believe what was going
on.

10. Knit 8 very long Harry Potter scarves for 8 grandsons.

Great list Margaret! Thanks for sharing.---------------------------------------------------

Comments

I enjoyed your list and realized how little I have done with my life. I am motivated now to make a change. Now to solicit your help. I am a beginner, novice crocheter. I have been searching for a pattern for gloves to be worn during the spring or summer. Can you help?

Somewhere, I may have saved the pattern for the Horse Masks, but I am packing, getting ready to leave tomorrow for the Dallas Fort Worth Fiber Festival. When I return, I will give my pattern archives a search, but I am not promising anything. It would take too much time to re-create the pattern.

As to Spring Gloves. The only place I have seen such a pattern is in a very old book THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CROCHET by Elizabeth Laird Matheson. It was published by Greysone Press, NYC. Last reprinted in June 1947. It is under copyright, so I cannot share the pattern with you. You may be able to find the book in your library, or at a used book seller.

Somewhere, I may have saved the pattern for the Horse Masks, but I am packing, getting ready to leave tomorrow for the Dallas Fort Worth Fiber Festival. When I return, I will give my pattern archives a search, but I am not promising anything. It would take too much time to re-create the pattern.

As to Spring Gloves. The only place I have seen such a pattern is in a very old book THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CROCHET by Elizabeth Laird Matheson. It was published by Greysone Press, NYC. Last reprinted in June 1947. It is under copyright, so I cannot share the pattern with you. You may be able to find the book in your library, or at a used book seller.

So you mean, that car was customized using yarn? All those blue are crochets? Incredible! I wonder how many people worked on that crochet. Hmm. Have you asked Tim what’s up with the crochet? Why he likes it so much that he even had his car covered with it?